Decked Out No. 4

FAT GIRLS DO IT BETTER

by Tabitha Denton

This is my big fat body and it’s mine. I inhabit it fully and freely. You can’t take that from me. I eat and I live. I live and I eat. But only one of these things defines me. I also love. I have love to give.

Sometimes I feel invisible, even though I know I physically take up more space than most girls. Sometimes that’s fine. I want to be invisible. I don’t want you to see my fat rolls and stretchmarks and cellulite. Other days I want to scream “HERE I AM! LOOK AT ME!” as I squeeze my stomach and make you feel the thickness of my body. This is what it’s like to be fat, what it’s like to be me. I demand that you notice me.

The only problem is when I get noticed. When I’m seen for who and what I am. When I’m taunted for my size, for whom I love. For how I love.

“You need a man…” Those words burn through me and eat away at my insides until I can hardly breathe. Why does everyone think they have a right to your body? Especially guys. I am not a product for consumption. I am a human being. I have feelings and rights the same as you.

Every fat joke eats away at my pride; every sneer at me and my girlfriend makes me angrier. My anger guides me; it makes me stronger. I will eat you and your skinny friends. I will make you take me seriously. And I will do it all while being fat.

Because. I. Can.

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